Master of Nursing (Perioperative Nursing)

School of Nursing & Midwifery

If you are a Registered Nurse looking to improve your career prospects with a higher level of formal qualification, then The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Master of Nursing (Perioperative Nursing) program is the ideal option. Held part-time across two semesters, you will have the opportunity to specialise in the field of perioperative nursing, working with patients who are having invasive surgery. Contact us today to find out more.

• Why study this degree?

  Studying for a Master of Nursing is a valuable career pathway if you are a Registered Nurse and want to formalise your qualifications or develop specialist knowledge in a particular area of healthcare.

  Our Master of Nursing (Perioperative Nursing) can be completed over two semesters of part-time study. You will have already completed a Graduate Diploma of Perioperative Nursing at Notre Dame’s Fremantle Campus. You should discuss your study program with the School’s postgraduate coordinator beforehand – you will generally choose a thesis subject relevant to your specialist area of nursing practice.

  The Master of Nursing is designed to help you as a Registered Nurse by further developing your knowledge and improving your skills to operate at an advanced level.

  As a Master’s student, you will be allocated a research supervisor who will help you choose a relevant research subject and oversee the completion of the program.

• Program summary

  • 75 Units of Credit from three (3) Postgraduate Elective courses
  • 75 Units of Credit from three (3) Postgraduate Nursing courses
  • 25 Units of Credit from one (1) Postgraduate Research Elective Course
  • 25 Units of Credit from one (1) core curriculum course
  • 100 Units of Credit from two (2) Master courses

  Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

  More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions pages Fremantle Sydney.

  Please note: the availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.

• Entry requirements

  The program is open to you if you are a Registered Nurse with a previous degree or if you have no degree but have accumulated a wealth of experience in nursing.

  English Language Requirements

  You must be able to demonstrate two years of full-time secondary, vocational or tertiary level of study in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or the United States of America. If you do not meet these requirements you will need to sit the Academic IELTS exam and achieve a score of at least 7.0 overall and 7.0 in each sub-section (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to qualify for entry into the Master of Nursing (Perioperative). This applies to Permanent Residents and Australian citizens whose first language is not English and have not completed two years full-time academic study in Australia. IELTS results will need to be verified by the Admissions Office before an offer of a place can be made. The Admissions Office reserves the right to ask for IELTS results from any applicant. For more information, please visit www.ielts.org

• Learning outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the Master of Nursing (Perioperative Nursing) graduates will be able to:

  1. Analyse and interpret nursing scenarios to provide evidence based quality practice
  2. Use reflective practice techniques in a range of learning activities to promote professional practice
  3. Apply leadership and collaborative skills within an interprofessional health care environment
  4. Apply concepts of global, medico-legal, social and cultural diversity
  5. Identify the distinguishing characteristics of nursing research in terms of purposes, underlying assumptions and available methodologies
  6. Explore the principal paradigms employed in health and nursing research and differentiate between them in terms of their epistemological bases, their respective strengths and limitations in addressing different types of research
  7. Formulate questions amenable to research and align those questions to appropriate research designs, data collection procedures, techniques and data analysis
  8. Critique examples of research studies and models, identifying strengths and limitations of design that might threaten the internal validity and generalisability (external validity) of the findings
  9. Identify the important ethical or other issues when conducting nursing research and apply value appropriate safeguards to the interests of all stake-holders involved a research project; and
  10. Apply advanced technical skills and reflective practice within the domain of nursing research.

• Career opportunities

  With a Master of Nursing (Perioperative Nursing), you can pursue careers as a nurse unit manager, nurse practitioner, nurse educator, or perioperative nurse.

• Real-world experience

  You will learn from our academics, who are leaders in their field. There are no practicum requirements for this program.

• Fees and costs

  This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:

  Domestic Fee-Paying
  A domestic fee-paying place is a place at university where the student is responsible for the full cost the program.

  Eligible domestic fee-paying students may apply for the FEE-HELP loan scheme which assists eligible fee-paying students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your FEE-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.

  For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.

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